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罗远芬 2006.5.13

Unit 2. Working the land. 罗远芬 2006.5.13. Hunger. There is still hunger in the world. 0.8 billion people in the world suffer from hunger. 0.3 billion of them are children. Every year 5.6 million children die of hunger. Every day 18,000 children die of hunger. Situation in China :.

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罗远芬 2006.5.13

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  1. Unit 2 Working the land 罗远芬 2006.5.13

  2. Hunger

  3. There is still hunger in the world. 0.8 billion people in the world suffer from hunger. 0.3 billion of them are children. Every year5.6 million children die of hunger. Every day 18,000 children die of hunger.

  4. Situation in China : China is a country whose population ranks the first in the world . 22% In the 2030s, Chinese population will add up to 1.6 billion However, China only has 7% of the land which can be used for farming on the earth.

  5. the best way : Look for better methods and techniques to produce more food. How?

  6. The measures taken to deal with hunger hints: plant fertilizer(肥料) soil

  7. The measures taken to deal with hunger kind Develop a new strain of plant to produce more food. Find a sort of fertilizer(肥料)to give rice enough nutrition. Stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field. … etc.

  8. A Pioneer For All People He has developed super hybrid rice. Father of Hybrid Rice

  9. What is the main idea of each para? Dr. Yuan’s appearance and his achievement Para1 Para2 Para3 para4 Sth about his life His biography 传记 His personality His dreams

  10. : • Why does he want everyone to call himself a farmer? • What happened to him in 1974? Para.1

  11. : • Why does he want everyone to call himself a farmer? Para.1 He has sunburnt face and arms,slim and strong body. He is a scientist who works the land to do his research. 与其说……不如说…… （强调前者） He himself considers : He is more a farmer than a scientist. Farmer That’s how he regards himself pioneer

  12. : • 2.What happened to him in 1974? Para.1 与其说……不如说…… （强调前者） He is more a farmer than a scientist. He is more a poet than a teacher. He is more diligent than wise. He became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.

  13. Para.2 Personal Information Card Age_____ Name:_____________ Nationality:______ Appearance :________________ Education ___________________ ______ agricultural Achievement: He became the _______ in the world to grow __________________. His way to solve the problem of hunger:

  14. Age_____ Name:_____________ Yuan Longping 79 Chinese scientist/ farmer Nationality:______ Occupation:____________ sunburnt, slim, strong Appearance :________________ Education ___________________ graduated from Southwest Agricultural College first ______ agricultural Achievement: He became the pioneer super hybrid rice ____in the world to grow __________________. His way to solve the problem of hunger: Toincrease rice harvestswithout expandingthe area of the fields.

  15. Nearly 200 million tons of rice 7% 22% Effect? Only 50 million tons of rice

  16. Poor rice super hybrid rice

  17. Para.3 Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true? • He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous. B. He cares little about money and fame. C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life. D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.

  18. Para.3 Useone sentence to describe Dr Yuan’s personality. Dr Yuan is a simple, academic man who is more interested in helping others than being famous. 学术的

  19. Listening to violin music Playing mah-jong Hobbies Swimming Reading Riding his motorcycle swimming

  20. Para.4 Dr Yuan’sdreams 1) The first dream 2) The second dream

  21. The first dream Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people Plants ear grain • As tall as sorghum • As huge as a peanut • As big as a corn

  22. Dr Yuan’s another dream : ambitious kind-hearted To export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe. world To feed the ________!

  23. His contributions to the world: Thanks to __________his research ,the UN has more tools in the battle __________the world ____hunger. of to rid He is now circulating his knowledge in India , Vietnam and many other less developed countries . an international scientist

  24. What kind of person is Dr Yuan? 1.Although he is a famous scientist, Yuan considers himself a farmer. 2.Yuan has struggles for farmers for the past five decades. . 3.Yuan believes that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. Therefore, he gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture. 4.He has many hobbies. 5. Even though Dr Yuan is 78 years old ,he still works the land . modest determined hard-working Yuan doesn’t care about being famous. generous active energetic

  25. a pioneer , research, 6. be satisfied with 2. born graduate from 3. devote oneself to 4. thanks to 5. achievements rid . 7. care about 8.rather than

  26. pioneer Yuan Longping, a __________in hybrid rice research, was born in Beijing in 1930. He __________Southwest Agriculture College in 1957and has since __________________research and development of a better rice breed. __________his research, farmers can now greatly increase the ________of rice. As a result, he was awarded with many international awards. His pioneering work in hybrid rice research ____________the feeding of 22% of the world population on only 7% of the world’s total arable land. The ___________of Yuan Longping greatly solved the food shortage, and _____the world of hunger. graduated from devoted himself to Thanks to output made possible achievements rid

  27. is quite satisfied with In spite of a busy life, Yuan _________his life.However, he doesn’t ___________being famous.He has managed to keep some interests besides working.___________________, he loves reading books and listening to music. He is also a good swimmer. He r________himself as a farmer ________________________a scientist. care about In his spare time regards rather than I am afraid of fame,” said Yuan, his face wrinkled and s_______, “Too big a fame, too little f___.” unburnt reedom

  28. Road to Super Hybrid Rice Yuan Longping, a p______ in hybrid rice research, was born in Beijing in 1930. He g_______ from Southwest Agriculture College in 1957 and has since d________ himself to research and development of a better rice breed. T___ ____ his research, farmers can now greatly increase the o______ of rice. As a result, he was a_________ with many international awards. His p_________ work in hybrid rice research made possible the feeding of 22% of the world p________ on only 7% of the world’s total arable land. The a__________ of Yuan Longping greatly solved the food shortage, and r___ worldwide h_____. In spite of a busy life, Yuan has m_______ to keep some i_______ other than working. In his spare time, he loves reading books and listening to music. He is also a good swimmer. He r______ himself as a farmer r_______ t_____ a scientist. “ I am afraid of fame,” said Yuan, his face wrinkled and s________, “Too big a fame, too little f________.” ioneer raduated evoted hanks to utput warded ioneering opulation chievements id unger anaged nterests egards ather han unburnt reedom

  29. Post reading The following sentences are taken from the reading passage. Explain what the underlined words mean. • He wants everyone to call him a farmer, for that’s how he regards himself. Key: It means he thinks of himself as a farmer but other people may think of him as a famous scientist or a rich man.

  30. 2. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. Key: It means that farmers growing his rice species are producing rice twice as much as they did in the past. 3. Wishing for thongs, however, cost nothing. Key: It means that dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be.

  31. One dream is not always enough, especially for a person who loves and cares for his people. Dreaming for things costs nothing.

  32. 袁隆平: 他是一位真正的耕耘者。 当他还是一个乡村教师的时候， 已经具有颠覆世界权威的胆识； 当他名满天下的时候，却仍然只是专注于田畴。 淡薄名利，一介农夫，播撒智慧，收获富足。 他毕生的梦想，就是让所有人远离饥饿。 喜看稻菽千重浪，最是风流袁隆平. Awarding speech (颁奖词)

  33. Forum 论 坛 Topic: If you had the chance to do one thing to help end hunger in the world, what would you do? Spokesman/Spokeswoman (代言人): If we had the chance to help end hunger in the world , first,….. Then ,… In addition , What’s more ,… Finally ,……

  34. Measures taken to deal with hunger Invent a new kind of plant to produce more food. develop the technology Stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field. make good use of the waste land improve the quality of the soil …

  35. Make our contributuions to ending hunger We can change the world

  36. Farming can be cool.

  37. The rice field is his stage for ever!

  38. Para.2 1.What is Dr Yuan’s life goal? 2. Why did he want to increase the rice output when he was young? 3.What was his way to solve the problem of hunger ? 4. Do you think Dr Yuan is an international scientist ?

  39. Para.2 1.What is Dr Yuan’s life goal? 2. Why did he want to increase the rice output when he was young? His life goal is to grow more rice. Hunger was a disturbing problem.

  40. 袁隆平人物简历 袁隆平被誉为中国的“杂交水稻之父”. 中国农民说，吃饭靠“两平”，一靠邓小平----制定了生产承包责任制的政策，二靠袁隆平----发明了杂交稻。 袁隆平，男，１９３０年９月出生于北京，１９５３年毕业于西南农学院农学系。毕业后，一直从事农业教育及杂交水稻研究。 在中国人民正闹饥荒的20世纪60年代，袁隆平提出了杂交水稻的概念，这种新型水稻具有高产量的特点。10年后，他研制成功了一种产量比一般水稻高出20%的新型水稻。 　　袁隆平一生献身于农业研究，先后受到联合国教科文组织、粮农组织的称誉。袁隆平虽已年届７０岁，仍然一如既往地从事农业研究。 hybrid rice; System of Production Responsibility; institute; suffer the famine; yield; UNESCO, FAO.

  41. True or false 1.Dr Yuan is called “Father of hybrid rice (杂交水稻)”. 2.Dr Yuan prefers to consider himself a scientist rather than a farmer. a farmer rather than a scientist 3.Dr Yuan is fond of playing the piano. violin 4.Dr Yuan learned to swim in his childhood hoping to save those who drown (溺水).

  42. 5.Dr Yuan runs an agriculture company in Beijing, China. Changsha, Hunan province 6. Dr Yuan used to be a maths teacher . Russian 7.Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. 8.The name/brand of Yuan Longping is worth one thousand billion (一千亿).

  43. Personal information (Resume) • Name: • Nationality: • Birth: • Age: • Occupation: • Education: • Personality: • Dreams: Yuan Longping Chinese in 1930; in a poor family 77 Scientist of farming Southwest Agriculture College,in 1953 care little about money and fame His first dream His second dream

  44. Personal information grow rice that has a high output circulate his knowledge abroad Achievements: give money to equip others for their research playing his violin listening to violin music playing mah-jong Hobbies: swimming riding his motorcycle to his rice fields

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